Hi!
After undoing a mod during diagnostics for a faulty switch I ripped off and lost one of the 1uf 0201 ceramic caps from the GPU (the left most one) I was able to find a post on here to get what cap I need and even instructions to use a hot air rework to resolder the smd cap. I was wondering if anyone has any tips or good to know things about doing this repair? Like I was assuming a lowering 320-340 temp and 30-50% air.
But what I’m struggling with is knowing what a good solder material would be. The thread (I’ll link it when I can) didn’t say what type of solder other than just regular solder but I was thinking maybe a more higher melting point solder like the lead free could be a good idea as it might help if in the future I remove the mod that only the ribbon cable comes off and not the cap…. Is this a thing? Any other advice?
Cheers
Here’s the thread: (url of site)/threads/what-is-the-capacitor-value-on-top-of-nintendo-switch-apu.572089/
Looks like some people choose to leave the cap off and just solder to the pads… anyone had experiences with this fix or with the cap-less fix?
After undoing a mod during diagnostics for a faulty switch I ripped off and lost one of the 1uf 0201 ceramic caps from the GPU (the left most one) I was able to find a post on here to get what cap I need and even instructions to use a hot air rework to resolder the smd cap. I was wondering if anyone has any tips or good to know things about doing this repair? Like I was assuming a lowering 320-340 temp and 30-50% air.
But what I’m struggling with is knowing what a good solder material would be. The thread (I’ll link it when I can) didn’t say what type of solder other than just regular solder but I was thinking maybe a more higher melting point solder like the lead free could be a good idea as it might help if in the future I remove the mod that only the ribbon cable comes off and not the cap…. Is this a thing? Any other advice?
Cheers
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Here’s the thread: (url of site)/threads/what-is-the-capacitor-value-on-top-of-nintendo-switch-apu.572089/
Looks like some people choose to leave the cap off and just solder to the pads… anyone had experiences with this fix or with the cap-less fix?
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